It is the lack of consistency from the Taoiseach that often bothers me most. He referenced the fact that the majority of applications by those seeking international protection are turned down, yet the measures announced today and yesterday in the media are specifically targeted at those who have succeeded. Family reunification, which is factored into the Geneva Convention and the UN refugee convention, was only available to fewer than 600 people who came here last year, either to be with their wife or husband or as children to reunite with a parent. These are the people the Government has targeted with this measure by imposing a three-year wait and a financial barrier. A child who comes here unaccompanied at 16 will not be able to be reunited with a parent because they will have timed out of the system under the measures the Government has announced under its family reunification scheme. There is no consistency. This is not fair. It is a form of performative cruelty.

I do not know where the Deputy's party is in terms of this issue either, to be quite frank. Does it support-----

I am in the Dáil for Questions on Policy or Legislation. Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Please.

Does the Deputy support a robust system that is procedurally sound, timely in terms of people not waiting for years and also one that facilitates legitimate applications and legitimate refugees fleeing conflict and war? When you have a situation where close to 70% are rejected there is an issue-----

What about the appeals?

No, stop.

It has gone on for years.

Answer the question.

People are accommodated and so on. We want legal routes to migration in this country. Migration is a good thing. We have been very positive about it and it has been important in terms of the economy, but we do it through legal routes. We want to be very clear and send clear messages in respect of illegal applications for asylum.

The Taoiseach did not answer the question at all.

It is madness.